| STEVE JIMENEZ
MEMORIAL SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS |
Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition
Awards
2009 Awards
2008 Awards
2007 Awards
2006 Awards
2005 Awards
Honorees
Announced for the 2009 Steve Jimenez Special Recognition
Awards
The Executive Committee of the State Bar’s Workers’
Compensation Section has established an annual Recognition Awards
program to recognize outstanding attorneys and judges who have made
significant recent or lifetime contributions to the workers’
compensation community. This year's reception will be held:
Friday, September 11
6 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Randall Foyer & Terrace, The Grand Hyatt
San Diego, CA
| The 2009
Honorees: |
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- Judge of the Year: Honorable Linda J.
Morgan (pictured left)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael W. Laughlin, San Francisco
(pictured left bottom)
- Applicant Attorney of the Year: J. Bruce Sutherland, San Jose (pictured
right top)
- Defense Attorney of the Year: Robert J. Succa, San Francisco
(pictured right bottom)
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2008 Awards
| The 2008
Honorees: |
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- Judge of the Year: Honorable Joel Harter, Sacramento (pictured
left)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Dennis J. Hannigan, WCAB Deputy
Commissioner, San Francisco (pictured left bottom)
- Applicant Attorney of the Year: Linda Atcherley, San Diego (pictured
right top)
- Defense Attorney of the Year: Jim Libien, Oakland (pictured right
bottom)
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2007
Awards
| The 2007 Honorees: |
Judge of the Year:
Honorable Mark Kahn
Van Nuys
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Lifetime
Achievement Award:
Harold L. Greene
Woodland Hills
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Lifetime
Achievement Award:
Gordon R. Gaines
Berkeley |
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Charles Lawrence
Swezey
Palo Alto |
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Applicant Attorney of the Year:
Marguerite Sweeney Edralin
Redding
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Defense
Attorney of the Year:
Richard E. Guilford
Anaheim
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2006 Awards
| The 2006 Honorees: |
Judge of the Year:
Honorable Bertram Cohen
Presiding Workers' Compensation Judge
WCAB Stockton
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Lifetime
Achievement Award:
Melvin S. Witt
California Workers' Compensation
Reporter
Berkeley
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Applicant Attorney of the Year:
Gary Nelson
Jones, Cochrane et al .Modesto
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Defense Attorney of the Year:
Saul Allweiss
Law Offices of Saul Allweiss
Tarzana
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2005 Awards
| The 2005 Honorees: |
Judge of the Year:
Susan V.
Hamilton
Presiding Workers' Compensation WCAB
San Francisco
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Applicant
Attorney of the Year:
Arthur L. Johnson
Butts & Johnson, San Jose
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Defense Attorney of the
Year:
Clifford D. Sweet, III
Heggeness & Sweet, A.P.C., San Diego
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| Lifetime Achievement Award
Co-recipients: |
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Eugene Treaster
Law Offices of Eugene Treaster, Sacramento
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Marvin N. Shapiro
Rose, Klein & Marias, Los Angeles
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